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{{KidsIntro|A subscription means ~~you pay~~ a small amount every month to use the platform, instead of ~~paying~~ a big fee each time~~. It is~~ like a monthly pass. The price is only ~~meant to cover~~ what the platform really costs ~~to run~~: nobody ~~is supposed to make~~ a profit ~~on it, and the money is shared to keep the community strong~~.}}

{{KidsIntro|A subscription means paying a small amount every month to use the platform, instead of a big fee each time, like a monthly pass. The price only covers what the platform really costs: nobody makes a profit.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Initial hypothesis for ~~the~~ WikiDeal revenue engine: a CHF 1/month ~~(or CHF 10/year)~~ subscription, billed at transaction time, intended to run the platform at real ~~costs,~~ with no ~~profit for any~~ third-party ~~company~~. Subscribers would also be members, with voting rights and a path to co-ownership. ~~Subscription revenue~~ would first cover ~~the~~ Rewards ~~owed to Early Supporters~~, operating costs ~~(servers, coordination team, committee)~~ and ~~the~~ awards ~~of the Open Calls~~. Subscriptions could also be offered ~~(solidarity gift, supported request, third-party payment). The page also explains why the term "subscription" was preferred over "membership"~~.}}

{{ExpertIntro|Initial hypothesis for WikiDeal's revenue engine: a CHF 1/month subscription billed at transaction time, intended to run the platform at real cost with no third-party profit. Subscribers would also be members with voting rights and a path to co-ownership. Revenue would first cover Rewards, operating costs and open-call awards. Subscriptions could also be offered.}}

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'''On this page:'''

* [[#governance-costs|Governance costs, no profit]]

* [[#at-a-glance|Subscription model at a glance]]

* [[#benefits-and-commitments|What you gain and our commitments]]

* [[#pricing|Pricing structure]]

* [[#offered-subscriptions|Offered subscriptions]]

* [[#access-rules|Access rules and billing at transaction time]]

* [[#where-the-money-goes|Where the money goes]]

* [[#scalability|Scalability (illustrative, non-binding)]]

* [[#revenue-and-supporters|Subscription revenue and supporters]]

* [[#naming|Why "subscription" and not "membership"]]

* [[#see-also|See also]]

* [[#state-of-the-art|State of the art]]

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= The Subscription Model =

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As an initial hypothesis, the term "subscription" was preferred over "membership", while recognizing that what is proposed is, in reality, a subscription for a membership: subscribers would also be members, with voting rights. As this naming choice sits at the heart of the system, it is explained in detail at [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Subscription-or-Membership|Subscription or Membership]].

== See also ==

== State of the art ==

Solidarity-priced membership relates to research on participative pricing, the psychology of payment and the economics of free and low-cost offers. The studies below inform the CHF 1/month hypothesis.

* Ayelet Gneezy, Uri Gneezy, Leif D. Nelson and Amber Brown (2010), ''Shared Social Responsibility: A Field Experiment in Pay-What-You-Want Pricing and Charitable Giving'', Science, 329(5989): [https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1186744 doi:10.1126/science.1186744].

* Ju-Young Kim, Martin Natter and Martin Spann (2009), ''Pay What You Want: A New Participative Pricing Mechanism'', Journal of Marketing, 73(1): [https://doi.org/10.1509/jmkg.73.1.44 doi:10.1509/jmkg.73.1.44] · [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pay_what_you_want pay what you want on Wikipedia].

* Drazen Prelec and George Loewenstein (1998), ''The Red and the Black: Mental Accounting of Savings and Debt'', Marketing Science, 17(1): [https://doi.org/10.1287/mksc.17.1.4 doi:10.1287/mksc.17.1.4].

* Chris Anderson (2009), ''Free: The Future of a Radical Price'', Hyperion: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free:_The_Future_of_a_Radical_Price book page on Wikipedia] · [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium freemium on Wikipedia].

* On recurring-revenue models in general: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subscription_business_model subscription business model on Wikipedia].

'''See also:''' [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Subscription-or-Membership|Subscription or Membership]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Rewards|Rewards]] · [[Gov/en/Portal:Economy/Main|Why Fund WikiDeal]] · Fund WikiDeal · Funding Contract · [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:Need-Driven Funding|Need-Driven Funding]]